numbers 13:29

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Numbers 13:29

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”

— D.L. Moody
Numbers 13:29
Verse 29 of 33

Scripture focus

The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.

Numbers 13:29KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Numbers 13:29

Theological / Devotional

The Amalekites. Descendants of Esau (see on Gen. 36:12); they were a nomadic tribe of the desert country to the south of Palestine. For their first attack on Israel, see Ex. 17:8-16.

Hittites. Subjects of a powerful empire (see on Gen. 10:15).

Jebusites. A relatively unimportant people in the vicinity of Jerusalem, later conquered by David (2 Sam. 5:6; see on Gen. 10:16).

Amorites. Remnants of a formerly powerful people. They were encountered in the hill country spoken of in Deut. 1:19, 44, and in other places (see on Gen. 10:16).

By the sea. That is, by the Mediterranean.

The coast of Jordan. Along, or literally, “by the hand of’ the Jordan (see ch. 2:17).

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